Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-25
TEXAS CATTLE TRADE.
kT0sas r5iy 0utstrippiDg all Compel
ii0rs j.; Her Efforts 20 secure the
Fro.ucts OF Texas Ranges.
Interview with Major j ohm AdamsOnOn the
cattle anu Trade Prospects Win the
Energetic Wes.ern Ci6y.

M2lGr john AGamsOn, lnLii1ral0n
agent Of the Fort Worth and Denver CITY
RAILROAD, arrived IL ne city to day AID
Jocl rooms ~ tue L lis house. The
rooms Of Major Atkinson sre usually the
Adding place ut 3 very wei developed
ana healthy eighteen carsl item, and il Is
fsvOrit- resort ioT the newsgathsTeT
NaiOr AdansOu Is e clever gentleman, Z
genial host, and keeps lots Of documents,
reports and other attractions Ganul him,
aud the religious editor 0t THE GAZETTE
usually pays him C call when il town.
Yests.5-y the .uli5e asceuGed the sleyA-
tor gGu entered Major AdsmsOn's room,
where he w2s mCt affabIy " ,ts Cccu-
Paut.
".aere have you been, Mojs.? Tell
ne all a1oUt t." said the painting scribe.
"Havs 8 sea-, sir; III be through in
moment ara VIII talk TO You" and he
rhisked ou5 u labyrinth of papers,
9ipped az the edges of them, aud, falling
10 fud the right ones, plunged
again into tie Csp&Cious nav of another
portfolio and repeated the proceedings.
There were several gaping grips and
satche!s filed with pamphlets, circulars
and records, and on q table lay half
dozen halt written articles.
''WGit minute, ''said the Ma jJr; "wait
now have H." and he whipped 2 vol
luminous d0camept from perfect regi
ment of its fellows and placed it where it
would be handy. ''NOW, sir; Whist is it?"
TIE scribe wanted to know something
about his trip aud how ne EMO ed it.
"Weu, am busy and must talk quick
| ~. Are you snort handr"
/ The scribe nodded.
swell, l was cut on q little trip to
/ Kansas City looking arouud. ! vent
/ Ia lock AFTER The reported stream Of
isnssiaratau' which | heard 50 much
Etsb6ut, Rad had some hopes of diverting
4ts0me q it coward the P,nhRndle. l
found that reports had not exaggerated
! The facts. There is certainly large
stream Ct immigrants pouring in through
/ Kal sas City"
"Wh&t success did yen achieve in
/ securing solae Of the immigrants ?"
"Not mucd. Tie Truth is that Kansas
! City IS not the proper place
/ TO secure settlers for the Pan
handle It il ike catching the
middle Of rope. 1t IS! fastened 1t one
l:e2d by the initial pJiut OF departure: and
Fnt the other by q settled objective point
~; # we want immigration We must
strike the Initial pCilt, Kansas City is not
the Place"
Then your pilgrimage was not sue
/ cese ful Ont?" v-rtu-ed the scribe.
/ "Oti ctively, no; incidentally, yes. !
NET scme If the cleverest people III the
world; saw the finest city on the CONT
neut excepting Fort Worth, and l Tans
! you 10 get mat III without fail. l can't
leave here tonight, aud | value my life,
End found thousands OF warm
friends Of Texas. You must recOlleCt
thai some Of the most enterpEi5!ng and
wealJhiset men III Kansas City ere TeXss
Snea, wfsc made their fortunes N the
s7FFX3s Panhandle. They still own large
interests there and have kindly feeling
Tor the o!d place"
"What are they doing for Texas"
"They are doing more for Texas than
can tell Ct one sitting, but Pll mention
one Of them Ga the Kansas side Of
the Kaw river they have built
immense stock yards especially for Texas
cattle These yards have four divisions,
Eessch division has capacity of forty cars,
making lG0 cars which eau be handled
daily. The Key river has been bridged
especially for the purpose OF facilitating
the transfer of Texas cattle to the Kansas
| City side and several packeries are being
| Quilt IN close pf0XHHity to the Texas
eeatIle yards for The purpose of slaughter
! ing and refrigerating Texas beef and
! hogs. Messrs. Swift & Co. are
erecting q paCkery which will
Slaughter 1000 head daily, with arrange
! ments 20 increase the capacity when the
/ increase in the product demands It,.
/ Kingam Co, on The south of the Texas
} ,f-., ,
! Of 1900 hogs daily; Mr.. Hammond of In
! diana Is looking for location near these
( v rGs, and viii soon be open for the
trade; SQuires Ct Boston and North Of
/ New York are looking for locate n for Q
/ pork packery with q capacity Of 5000
/ hogs daily; Nelse Morris has
( CGmbjced his interests with q
cattle trust company and will
naturally come over 30 divide with the
re-t tn product Of the Texas ranges.
These enterprises will absorb from 5000
| to 10000 ca.tle daily, ana from $4,000 10
! 20 900 nogs and considering the short
ness tt the haul as compared with other
markets, It will make Kansas City the
! best market for Texas cattle Of any in the
country. II is generally rumored that
/ all the stock yards will be removed to
! the Kama as side of the river, and the load
stone thSt attracts them is the Texas
ranges. l tell you these people are alive TO
! the Importance of Texas trade, and sre
making strenuous efforts TO secure IL.
! But an busy and must get 10 work"
The scribe ceased mis- inquiries and was
| fixing 70 leave when his eye fell upon the
| Kansas City Times OF the 23d. In this
was an interview with Major Adamson,
| from which we make the following eX-
tracts:
Major Adsmson, said:
HIt is 33S miles from Kansas City t.
Kiowa, and 245 miles to the point of con-
nection with the Fort Worth and Denver
| City Railway in Carson county, Texas.
! This gives Kansas City 48S miles shorter
haul than to Chicago aud g $50 miles
shorter bsui than TO st. Louis.
| "The chief business to this point from
! the Panhandle will be cattle. New pens
nearly completed made expressly for the
accommodation of Texas cattle are located
| 10 Armourdale, with capacity Of holding
! 100 carloads Of stock daily. Kansas
! City has heretofore been q somewhat IN
popular market with stoCkmen in the
Panhandle, and in asking for rates ct
present they want privileges Of Kansas
City and Chicago. A liberal policy with
our Texas cattlemen would undoubtedly
secure their trade to this city.
"In reply TO your question as to what
routes you can reach our country over,
and Whist your merchants and manufsCtu-
rers can market there, | would say that
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa re Rail
road gives your short line to the Psnhan-
IIa n cpuutrv I have mentioned and